Another Love (Hessa)

Part 7 - Jealousy

Tessa

"Wanna dance?" He asks me when the song Another Love starts.

"Dance?" Hardin never liked to dance. He's surprising me.

"Yes. I promise to not step on your feet." He laughs as he gives me his hand. What can go wrong with a dance? I came here to have fun, so let's have fun.

"Ok." I smile and I give him my hand. We go to the dance floor and we start to move slowly. Hardin has his hand on my waist and I let my head on his chest. In this moment I don't care what the other thinks. "Thank you for being my partner." I lift my head, looking at him with a smile. "You really make this prom to be nice."

"Thanks for being my partner too." He smiles and we continue to dance.

After a few songs, we go back to our table and I take a sip from my drink.

"I'm going outside for a bit. It's too warm here."

"Do you want me to come with you?"

"No, I will be fine. Thanks anyway." I smile and I get up.

I take my phone and I go outside to take some fresh air. I go to sit on a bench and I check my phone. I have tons of messages from Noah. Uh-oh...

"Have fun at prom! Sorry for not being able to come with you." – Noah

"Tessa? What happened? Why you went with him at prom? You forgot what happened before?" – Noah

"What are you doing? Why don't you answer?" – Noah

"Why you didn't tell me you go with him? You don't love me?" ­– Noah

"Hi... I'm sorry for not texting you, but I wasn't at the table and I didn't see your text. I'm really sorry for not telling you about going to the prom with Hardin... He begged me to forgive him and to let him to be my friend. Nothing more, I promise. He changed and I believe him..." – Tessa

"Tessa... you are playing with me. I saw the pictures. You were hugging him. You have to choose." – Noah

"Excuse me? Are you kidding, Noah?" – Tessa

"Why I should be kidding?" ­– Noah

"Well, let's end the conversation here. It's not something we should talk about through texting. I'll see you tomorrow to talk about this." - Tessa

I turn off my phone and I look at nothing. Noah really pissed me off. Why he thinks that I came here with Hardin as a couple? Why he can't understand that we're just friend?

I see Hardin coming to me. I'm shivering right now and I think it's a little bit cold.

"Hey, are you ok?"

"I had better nights." I giggle.

"What happened?"

"Someone took us some pictures and Noah saw them, and now, he is saying that I came here with you because I want something more than a friendship."

"But it's not true."

"Yeah... But Noah is jealous." Really jealous I would say.

"I can explain him that we are just friend. Of course, if you want to be friends."

"You don't have to do this. If he trusts me, he will believe me."

"Are you cold?"

"No."

"You are shivering." He takes off his jacket and he put it on my shoulders.

"Thank you."

"Let's take a walk, you will warm up a little." He helps me to get up and we walk around. "If he is not trusting you, he doesn't deserve you. If I were in his place, I would know how to keep you next to me."